my 360 has just gone pop the 3 red light ring of death and it is now well out of warranty has anyone got a fix for this apart from an axe ?

 

had heard microsoft had set aside 1 billion to sort out 360 probs ... might be worth a fone call..

other than that do you know any electronics peeps with surface mount soldering stations...

 

need to get my spare one done aswell.

 

know how you feel mate im on my second in 3 weeks

might go back to the wii

 

you get a 3 year warranty on this fault now, so it will get repaired for free

just sent mine off, 5 fucking week turnaround

 

Warranty was increased to 3 years, phone Microsoft and you will get it repaired.

 

i heard they had extended everybodies warrenty

 

mines not standard though, the drive has a firmware update so the factory seal been broken.

 

5 weeks! DHL collected mine today
Still, at least you don't have to send the hard drive anymore.

 

Well once i new the 12 month warranty ran out i changed the outer shell to a clear one just for looks and then 3 months later they say the warrantys have been extended to three years , where do you reckon i stand ?

 

You are fooooked.....

looks good though!

 

 

just spoke to microsft and told them that i changed the cover after the warranty ran out then i found out it has been extended etc, she said on this occasion they will take it and test it due to all this 3 red light problems they have had so happy days a free repair, hopefully

 

i didnt get mine repaired i just got sent a new one to fook up

 

there is a fix if yours has been modified but its a ball ache

what you have to do is take everyone apart so your down to the mother board etc

then you need to take the heatsink

once this is off you power the machine up until the solder starts to turn to liquid again and turn it off

well thats hw my mates fixes them anyhow i think

and hes repaired about 4 now

as the xbox gets that hot the solder melts and when cools down again there is a crack in the solder joint so it doesnt mae connection hence the 3 red lights

im sure theres a something on the net somewhere to tell you exactly what to do and fix it

 

Yep our xbox has the 3 red lights atm,,,


pile of crap

 

reckon he could do mine?

or at least look at it?

Cheers

 

I bought a fan to go on the back of mine, hopefully it will be all ok.

How long do you guys use them for? Long periods?

 

i got the fan on mine aswell

and never had any probs yet and i can be on for upto 8 hrs

 

I hate having to turn mine on always wonder if the red ring of death is going to happen.

I run my with the fan, runs alot smoother i found. If i play mine its only for a couple hours at the most really.

 

had 5 xbox360 in 2years
good when it works but reliability is dire.
an unofficial poll registered 44,000 uk people
reporting xbox360 failures, and thats not including
people who didn't take part!

 

if there that unreliable then i dont think ill get one

 

wot a joke , surely u wouldve thought that they would have done EXTENSIVE testing over and over to stop this embarrasing and very costly problem?

 

Matt never uses the thing, the longest its been on is for an hour and its still fucked!

 

due to the excesssive heat build up the board tends to flex cracking the solder connections..
all because there is not enough support for the actual pcb ...
if you are good with a soldering iron and a very small tip then worth having a go if microsoft say bugger off...
would never run a chip without a heatsink though get it too hot and its fooked if he can melt solder by letting it get that hot

would love to have a go at repairing one though

 

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